Mini PCs for everyone

Better known for its smartphones, the Chinese outfit Xiaomi is about to release a couple of mini-pcs.

Canalys analysts say notebooks hardest hit 

PC shipments in the United States fell by 12.1 per cent in the third quarter year-over-year. As usual, Dell, HP, Apple, Lenovo, and Acer are the biggest manufacturers.

Most PCs out there can't manage it 

With users worried about their power bills and not upgrading their machines, Windows 11 is finding its growth stalled because most of the older machines cannot handle the upgrade.

US company claimed that video surveillance was the same as working in the office

A US company that thought it was acceptable to spy on an employee working at home for nine hours of the day found that the European courts disagreed.

9.5 percent worldwide

Beancounters at Gartner suggest the market is on course for a breathtaking decline this year.

Let it go

Intel has frozen hiring within the department chargeable for PC desktop and computer chips as a part of a chain of cost-cutting measures.

Blames Russia-Ukraine war and COVID response

Top Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. says demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances has dropped "like a rock" and shows no signs of recovering.

But the PC is not dying this time

Beancounters at analysts IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that shipments of PCs have finally slowed down after two years of double-digit growth.

Supply chain problems getting worse

Dell Technologies said it expects PC backlog to balloon in the first quarter due to supply chain constraints and reported a quarterly profit miss.

One of three new updates on Windows 11

Software King of the World Microsoft is bringing in three new features in Windows 11, including one which tells you how good your PC is for polar bears and the planet.